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In article <31c9c429.2551385@news.aracnet.com> sparks@aracnet.com (Terry Sparks) writes:
|One such dance/concert hall I can remember from back there was
|Springer's Ballroom out on S.E. Richey Rd., sorta Pleasant Valley
|area, remember?  190th & Powell, go south toward Foster Rd...
|
|Saw some really good bands out there (Chicago is one, Canned Heat is
|another).  They turned it into a dang flea market, then there was a
|fire... <sigh>.
|
|I grew up in the Centennial area (Class of '72), and while there were
|a few decent groups that played the D-Street Corral, I remember it
|mostly as a rowdy spot, with most of the partying going on in the
|parking lot. Not really my kinda place...but Springers...that was hip!

Ah, Springer's.  Ah, nostalgia.  Remember Gary Ewing's lightshows?  The Portland
Zoo?  Notary Sojac?  Fleobus Union?
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